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Gregory R. Grodhaus Named President of SPX's INRANGE Technologies Unit

13 August 1999

Gregory R. Grodhaus Named President of SPX's INRANGE Technologies Unit

    MUSKEGON, Mich., Aug. 13 -- SPX Corporation today
announced that it has named Gregory R. Grodhaus as President of its INRANGE
Technologies business unit.
    Mr. Grodhaus joins SPX from Amdahl Corporation where he was Senior Vice
President, Chief Marketing Officer.  Prior to joining Amdahl, he was President
and CEO of IPL Systems.  He also spent a number of years with Memorex/Telex
Corporation including eight years as Vice President and General Manager of the
Midrange Systems and Storage Groups.
    A graduate of Southern Methodist University, Mr. Grodhaus holds a Bachelor
of Business Administration degree in Finance and Marketing.
    INRANGE Technologies designs and manufactures ESCON Channel Directors;
channel extension products; Fibre Channel switches; wave division multiplexing
systems; communications switches for WAN/LAN; and performance monitoring and
testing systems for telecommunications networks.
    SPX Corporation is a global provider of industrial products and services,
technical products and systems, service solutions and vehicle components.  The
Internet address for SPX Corporation's home page is http://www.spx.com